Fecal Testing

[misscris]

Hey everybody, just a question from my sister in regards to her son Caleb. I told her I'd post it here to see what y'all had to say about it. Unfortunately I don't have much information for her, do figured I'd go to the next best thing.

About a year ago, Caleb's fecal testing for leukocytes came back higher than normal and for his age (3 then). He had a repeat fecal test done this week and his Calprotectin came back high. Is Calprotectin the same thing as Leukocytes or is it part of the calprotectin testing? All the research I do online states that it shows inflammation levels, but that's what leukocytes show too.

 

[mikeyarmo]

Sorry but I have no idea .

Can you ask the medical practitioner the significance of this result and if Calprotectin the same thing as Leukocytes? Always better to hear it directly from the expert!

 

[misscris]

She will ask the Dr, but until she gets in to see her she just wanted to know if I knew. She said every search she did kept leading back to Crohns, so she wasn't sure and thought maybe one of us would know.

Thanks Mike.